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75! Adrienne, drama, 3 acts 7 3 

114. Anything for a Change, comedy, 13 3 

167. Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts 7 3 

93. Area Belle (The), farce, 1 act 3 2 

40. Atclii, comedietta, 1 act 3 2 

89. Aunt Charlotte's .Maid, farce. 1 act.. 3 3 

192. Game of Cards (A), c raedietta, 13 1 

166. Bardell Vs\ Pickwick, sketch, 1 act. 6 2 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 3 

Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 3 

Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 

Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 5 

Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 6 

Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 1 

.... Breach of Promise,, drama, 2 acts. . 5 2 

25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta, 14 8 

24. Cabman, No. 93, farce, 1 act. . . 2 2 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts j 3 

69, Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act 4 1 

175. Cast upon the World, drauia, 5acts.l0 5 
55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3acts 12 5 

Charming pair, farce, 1 act 4 d 

Checkmate, comedy, 2 acts 6 5 

Chevalier de St. George, drama, 3 9 3 

Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act. 3 2 

Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 7 

Comical Countess, farce, 1 act 3 1 

Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act.. 2 1 

._. Cupid's Eye-Glass, co nedy, 1 act... 1 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 1 

148. Cut off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 1 

113. Cyrill's Succass, comedy, 5 acts.... 10 4 
199. Captain of the Watch (The), come- 
dietta, 1 act : 4 2 

30. Daddy Gray. Jrama, 3 acts 8 4 

4. Dandelion's Dodges, far e, 1 act.... 4 2 

22. David Garrick, comedy, 3 acts 8 3 

So. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act, 4 3 

16. Deare? than Life, drama, 3 acts. ... 6 5 

58. Deborah (Leah) drama, 3 acts 7 6 

125. Deerfoot, farce. 1 act i,-:" t I 

7L Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts. . 5 3 

\4SL Dollars and Cents, comedy, S acts. . 9 4 



21. Dreams, drama, 5 acts 

186. Duchess de la Valliere, play, 5 acts. . 6 4 

47. Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 2 

13'. Everybody's Friend, comedy, 3 acts. 6 5 

200. Estranged, an operetta, 1 act 2 1 

103. Faust and Marguerite, drama, 3 acts, 9 7 
9. Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act 4 1 

128. Female Detective, drama, 3 acts 11 4 

101. Fernande, drama, 3 acts 11 10 

99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 2 

145. First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 1 

102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 3 

88. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act. ... 4 2 

74. Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act 7 4 

53. Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 2 
73. Golden Fetter (Fettered), drama, 3 11 4 
30. Goo#e with the Golden Eggs, farce, 1 

1 act 5 3 

131. Go to Putney, farce, 1 act 4 3 

28. Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act 1 1 

151. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act 2 

8. Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts 10 3 

Henry the Fifth, historical play, 5 3& 5 

He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts .5 5 

His Own Enemy, farce, 1 act 4 1 

Home, comedy, 3 acts .1 4 3 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

190. Hunting the Slipper, farce, 1 act 4 1 

191. High C^ comedietta, 1 act 4 2 

197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 14 2 

18. If I Had a Thousand a Year, farce, 

lact 4 3 

116. I'm Not Mesilf at All, original Irish 
stew, 1 act 3 

129. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 

159. In the Wrong House, farce, 1 act. . . 4 

122. Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 

177. I Sha'l Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 

139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . . 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy,' 2 acts. ... 6 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 

72. Lame TJxcuse, farce, 1 act 4 



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187. 
174. 



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AN ORIGINAL IRIShI DRAMA. 



IN A PROLOGUE AND THREE ACTS. 



By JOHN L, CARLETOJSr. 



TOGETHER WITH] 



A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES— CAST OF THE CHARACTERS — EN- 
TIIANCES AND EXITS — RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE PERFORM- 
ERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF THE STAGE 
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CAST OF CHARACTERS.^;!' ^^ 





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Squike. Hilton, who comes of an illustrious family. 

Marmaduke, his son. commonly known as " The Duke.' 

Alphoxsus Belhavex, a characteristic land agent. 

Dick Hakvev, an unscrupulous villain. 

Major Lookout, a jolly good fellow, " ye know." 

Teddy O'Neil, a rale sprig of the ould sod. 

Captain de Balzac, a remnant of the Empire. 

Andy, \ 

Tom, \ smugglers. 

Joe, j 

John Jemison, an aristocratic servant of the olden time. 



TIME OF PLAYING— ONE HOUR AND THREE-QUARTERS. 



SCENERY.— Jm/i, 1876-'82. 

Prologue.— A well-fumished room in the Hilton mansion. Door C. F.; 
windows each side of door. 

ACT I. — Scenes 1 and 3.— Killamey Heights by moonlight, showing outside of 
Hilton mansion, R. 2 and 3 E.; rocky landscape on flat; wood wings; stone 
wall running back of stage, with gate in centre. Scene 3. — A country road. 

Act II.— Interior of a convict's cell in the Round Tower. Trap door in mid- 
dle of floor of cell. 

Act hi.— The smugglers' rendezvous in the Friars' Glen. Water scene on 
flat, with picture of French cutter Ijang off in the distance ; rocks, high at both 
ends, extending across stage from r.u.e. to l.u.e. ; rock and wood wings ; kegs, 
small boxes, rigging, and other evidences of the smugglers' trade, scattered 
about the stage ; a hanging pot, with remains of fire xmder it, K. 1 E. 



COSTUMES. 

Squire.- Black coat and pants, white vest, silk hat, walking cane. 

Marmaduke.— Prologue— Riding suit : kid gloves, whip. Act I.— "Wide-brim- 
med, dark felt hat, short coat with vest and pants of same material, pants 
tucked into long boots, heavy overcoat. Acts H. and III., same except 
overcoat. 

Alphonsus.— Prologue— Black coat and pants, white vest. Acts L, II. and 
III.— Light-colored pants and vest, dark -colored sack coat. 

Dick.— Ragged suit, soldier's fatigue cap and overcoat, all old and dirty. 

Major.— Prologue— Full-dress xmiform of the British army. Acts I., II. and 
III.— Undress, or fatigne uniform. 

Teddy.— Prologue— Knee-breeches, blue stockings, heavy shoes, high soft hat. 
Acts I. and II. — Suit of an American workingman, with change to same as 
Prologue. Act III., same as Acts I. and II., with addition of a woman's 
hat and wrapper, or ulster, for overdress for disguise. 

Captain.— Naval officer's dress, snug fitting: cap with gold lace band and 
ornaments. 

John. — Well-worn black dress suit. 

Smugglers. — Ordinary seaman's suits. 



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PROPERTIES. 

Pkologue. — Writing materials, books, papers, bell and match-safe, on table : 
waiter with decanter of wine and glasses for John Jemison ; cigar for Major, 
driving gloves for " Di:ke."' 

<> ACT I.— Dagger, key of gate, and packet containing will for Alphonsus ; 
revolver for Dick Hakve v ; hat belonging to Squire to put on lawn. 

ACT II.— Handcuffs for "Duke'"; dagger and passport for Alphonsus ; 
key for Teddv ; revolver for M.\jor. 

Act m.— Pack of cards for Andy and others ; boxes, kegs, ropes, etc., to lay 
about stage ; basket, bottles of whiskey, knife, and stick for Teddy ; Hand- 
cuffs for M.\ jou to put on DiCK Harvey ; revolver and dagger for Alphon- 
sus ; revolver for " DuK.E,"revolver for Major. 



SYNOPSIS. 

The scene of this drama is laid ta Killarney, Ireland. The date for Prologue 
being about 1876 and for the three acts following the prologue, 1881 . There are 
two plots running through the play, one arising in the Prologue, and the other 
in Act I. lu the fii-st, the old Squire, a landholder of an old and distinguished 
family, prompted by his land agent, Belhaven, a designing and unscrupulous 
villain, is led to misconstrue the actions of his only son and heir, Marmaduke, 
familiarly known as "Duke," whom he denounces and disowns. The son is 
supposed to go to America, accompanied by a genuine Irishman named 
Teddy, who has conceived a strong affection for " Duke," and both find 
their way to the mining regions of California, where they arc supposed to 
remain five years, and to amass some monej', after which both return to Ireland. 
About the time of their arrival the plot arising in Act I. begins. In this, the vil- 
lain Belhaven, having exhausted his artifices upon the old Squire, and in- 
duced him to make a will, making him sole heir of his Estate, and disinheriting 
his son, becomes alarmed at some indications of distrust and dissatisfaction on 
the part of the Squire, and fearing that the Squire may alter the will which 
he has procured in his favor, determines to get rid of the old man, and lays a 
plan for abducting him and shipping him to Normandy. This plan is, by the 
aid of a gang of smugglers and thieves, partly carried out, and the Squire is 
drugged and carried by the villains to a cave on the sea shore, to aw-ait the com- 
ing of the smugglers' vessel. Belhaven, on the very eve of the abduction^ 
hears of the return of " Duke," and having become possessed of the will in 
his own favor, lays a plan to entrap " Duke " by getting an accomplice to con- 
ceal the will in " Duke's " luggage, and then intimates that he has murdered 
his father on account of his disinheritance. Ha then notifies the authorities of 
the SQUiRE'sdisapi)carance,andin company with the Major pretends to make 
a search for the Squire. Here " Duke" appears on the scene, and coming by 
night, in his eagcrnccs to see his father, to his old home, unwittingly falls into 
the trap prepared for him, and is arrested and imprisoMcd. Here ho is visited 
by Teddy, who formsa plan for his escape, and by Bkliiaven, who vaunts his 
triumph, and is in return charged by " Duke " with the murder of the Squire, 
upon which Belhaven makes two attempts to take his life, but each is in turn 
frustrated by the appearance of Teddt, and of the Major, who has been led to 



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suspect the]treachery of Belhaven, and believes"" Duke " innocent. " Duke," 
by the aid of Teddy, makes his escape, and the search for the Squire is re- 
newed. The trail of the smugglers is discovered almost simultaneously by the 
Major, Teddy and "Duke," each of whom plays an important, though inde- 
pendent, part in the capture of the villains and the release of the Squire. Bel- 
haven agaia comes in and makes another attempt on the life of " Duke " and 
is shot by the Major. Teddy discovers and releases the Squiee, and an ex- 
planation and reconciliation follow. 

The play affords an opportunity for considerable scenic effect, and presents 
several striking tableaux, and the characters, although quite diverse, are all 
excellent, and give opportunities for some strong acting. 



EXPLANATION OF THE STAGE DIRECTIONS. 
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PROI^PGUE. 

SCENE. — A room in iac JJilton Mansion. Alphonsus discovered, 
uriting at table, c. Curtain to rise to music, " Comeback to £irin." 

Alphonstts (folding and laying aside paper). There, that much is 
finished, aud as soon as Major Lookout arrives, with his battalion of 
the 76th, I'll proceed -vvitli his assistance to execute my writs of evic- 
tion. Ha, ha, my brave Irish lads, you'll defy me no longer ; now 
that I've the English government at my back, I'll unloose my scourge 
and make the blood trickle from your backs; I'll pay } ou for the in- 
sults heaped on me, and make you come on your knees for pardon. 
Neither will I forget your bold leader, JMarmaduke Hilton, the boy 
that spurred you on ; nor the lass, IVFary O'Connor, who spurned my 
proffered love an trampled on my feelings, for the sake of that miser- 
able cur, Hilton. I've laid my plans irell, and if I can carry them 
out and get him out of my way, then the Lily of Killarney shall be 
mine whether she will or no. {looks at his icaicli) Past the time for 
the Major to be here ; I wonder what detains him. 

Enter John Jemison, c. 

John. Major Lookout, of her Majesty's 76th regiment. [Exit 

Enter Major Lookout, c. 

Alphon. (rising). Good morning, Major ; I've been expecting you 
for the last half hour. At present I am unable to do a thing without 
your assistance. 

MajoPv. Ah! indeed, J^fr. Belhaven, if I had known your demands 
were so urgent I might have come hist week, (both sit at^able, c. ) But, 
you see, the roads are so rough and the travelling so blasted bad, 
and all that soit of thing, ye know, that a fellow don't feel like ex- 
erting himself. And d'ye know, only last night, as I stopped to 
bathe in the river, the regiment still marching on, I was seized by a 
lot of those fellows, Moonshiners, I think you call theta, who would 
have carried me — the devil knows where, but for the timely assistance 
of a young man, at the head of a number of the — of the — the Irish, 
ye know, 'who heard my cries for help. 

Alphon. Did you hear the young man's name. Major ? 

Ma J. No, not exactly; you see the jjeoplc called him "The 
Duke." 

Alphon. "The Duke! " why, he's the son of the squire ; and be- 
tween ourselves, the greatest scoundrel under the sun. 



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Maj. Well, I don't care a dem, the Youiig fellow did me a gocd 
turn, and I shan't forget huii for it tither, ye know. 

Alphon. All right. Major, all right. "But let us to business. 
You understand that these Irish are such an unruly class of people, 
that unless the land agent has a military force at his command, he is 
unable to collect oue cent of his rents. 

Maj. The Irish may be unruly— yes— ah— ah— ye see, I've yet to 
discover it ; my honest opinion is that the land agents are unmitiga- 
ted scoundrels, ye know, 

Alphon. Oh! present company always excepted. 
• Maj. Well, I'm deuced, if I don't think the exception proves the 
existence of the rule. 

Alphon. {rings hell; enter John, c. To John). Go and bring 
some refreshments, {exit John. To Major) Major, it's very evident 
that you don't understand these brutes yet. I'll guarantee that if you 
stay here a month, you'll regret the day you accepted a cooimission 
in the British Army. 

Maj. Guarantee as much as you please, but don't bet on it ; ye 
might lose your money, ye know, (aside) He don't seem to know 
that I've lived the best part of my life in this country, and, dem it, he 
won't know it, for a while, either. 

Enter John, vnth refreshments, which he puts on table. 

Alphon. {to John). That will do, you may go. 
[Exit John, c, Alphonsus pours wine into glasses, each takes one. 

Maj. {IwMiitg up glass). Dem it, here's to tho restoration of peace 
in the Hilton demesne. 

Alphon. Anitn, I say., (both drinlc) Mr. Hilton will be here short- 
ly to s'gn thesa writs of eviction ; but before he comes, I want to 
give you, confidentially, the particulars of a case in which I may 
have to ask )ouf help. On the hillside, about three-quarters of a 
mile from here, lives an old man, Patrick O'Connor, and his daugh- 
ter Mary, the most beautiful giii on this tide ( f the Atlantic. 

Maj. {starts). Egad ! 

Alphon. And, to make the story rhort, I want to marry her, and 
she won't have me ; but I'm bound to get her. 

Maj. The deuce she won't ; why, I've always understood that good 
looking girls married homely fellows, ye know. 

Alphon. {rising). The Irish breeze his sharpened 3'our wit this 
morning, Major ; but I know that should I want your assistance I 
shall find you ready to give it. I'll see that you'll lose nothing f r 
your trouble. But I must away and find Mr. Hilton; he can't have 
been told of your arrival. [Exit, ]i. 3 10. 

Maj. {rising and looking after liim). Dem me, what does that low- 
bred fellow take me for ? It makes me blush. Does he think I'd 
tal^e his bribe, dem him. I'll slap his mouth, if he ever mentions 
such a thing again. Does he think the Government sent me here to 
help him to get a pretty wife ? If he does, he's— ah — mistaken — ye 
know. (s^Y.v) 

Enter Squire Hilton and Alphonsus, r. 3 e. 

Squire. I believe I have the honor of meeting Major Lookout ? 

Maj. {rising). Egad, you have, and you 

Squire. I am Squire Hilton, of the illustrious family of that name. 



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jVIaj. Oh, the devil ! How are you ? 

Squire. Exceediugly well, thank you. 

Maj. Oh, dou't thank nie, I didn't give it ye, yo know. 

Squire. But I know that you would do so'^if you could. Vrciy, be 
seated, and kt us attend to our little business, {all sit.) 

Alpiion. {to IMajor). Sir, there is a matter which duty compels 
me to make known to you. It pains me 

3[aj. 'J hen take some "Perry Davis' Pain Killer." Sure cure- 
used it when. I was in India, ye know. 

Alphon. Nay, it grieves me 

Maj. Dem it, get half a dozen handkerchiefs and cry it out, that'll 
relieve you — heard the doctor recommend it, once. 

ALPnoisr, {aside). I don't w\ant to insult that fellow, but I do wish 
he'd keep his mouth shut ; he'll make a farce of it. I wonder if he'd 
take a wink, {irhile Alpuo^;sus is saying this, the Major takes a cigar 
out ofliis pocket and bites off the tip of it. Alpiionsus icinks at him.) 

Maj. Very sorry, my dear fellow, but, you see, it's the last I've 
got ; your wink came just a moment too late, ye know, {lights cigar.) 

Alphon. {to Squire). Yes, sir, I regret very much this disagreea- 
b>e duty, which is to inform you of serious misconduct on the part 
of your son. 

Squire. What 1 is he at his pranks again ? 

Alphon. Believe me, sir, I would not trouble jon with it if I did 
not think myself in duty bound to do so. You are already aware of 
the way he has turned the tenants against uiyself, and of the feelings 
of disrespect he has instilled into their minds against you ; but, not 
not content with this, he has gone so far as to become the chairman 
of a revolutionary body called the "Irish Preservation Societj'-." 

Squire. Oh, oh, the wretch I after all my warnings. 

Alphon. No later than this morning, when I was about to evict 
the Widow McCarthj^ he rushed into the hut, and not only abused 
me with his tongue, but severely cowliided me. 

Maj. Eh ? What did you let the blasted fellow do it for ? 

Alphon. I received liis unjust punishment for my master's sake. 
Had he been other than Squire Hilton's sou, I should have defended 
myself. 

Maj. {aside). A nice martyr, ye know. 

Squire. Alphonsus, my dear fellow, your goodness of heart is 
only equalled by your kindness to me. 

Maj. {aside). That's devilish soft, ye know, 

Alphon. He then paid the rent out of his own pocket, and turned 
me out of the house. 

Squire. That villain will disgrace our illustrious family yet. 

Maj. Yes, of cour'^c he will, ye know. 

Alphon. {a^id(). Tlio INFajor's beginning to imderstand. [to Squire) 
I am sorry that this is not all, but i liope you'll forgive me ; it makes 
me feel terribly to be obliged to impart such unpleasant news. 

Squire. I forgive j'ou— go on. 

Maj. {aside). Yes, go on ; a fertile imagination is like a river, it 
can go on f onjver, j-c know. 

Alphon. Well, then, your son is engaged to be married to Mary, 
daughter of Patrick O'Connor. 

Squire. Oh, ruin, ruin ! the dissrrace of an illustrious family 
name— it's enough to stir the bones of m}^ forefathers in their coffins. 
I — I — faint, I suffocate — air ! air ! {the Major «yu^ Alphonsus steady 
him on cither i>idc, and as.nd hita off, c.) {^Exeunt all. 



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Music, '' KiUarney." jK/i^er Marmaduke, c. 

Duke. Oh, what a glorious morning ! Such a sweet calm rests on the 
fair bosom of Killarney that the emerald fringe that skirts her limits 
is pictured there as in a mirror. How well its deep shade portrays 
the sliadows that surround men's lives. How softly the river steals 
over its mossy bed, to pour its libations to the ocean. How grandly 
rise the Macgillicuddy Reeks lifting their proud heads on high, in 
silent homage to Him who made them. Even the clouds seem moved 
by a poetic spirit. Where is the artist that could make such a pic- 
ture ? No pencil can copy, no brush portray it, unless the child of 
art had tiie very bow of heaven wherewith to tint his canvas. {Enter 
Alphonsus c, Jddes behind chair, i.. c, and listens) 'Tis sad to think 
that within a stone's throw of Killarney 's smile of peace, under the 
shadow of her grand mountain peaks, within sound of the babbling 
ripples of that gently flowing river, beneath that glorious sky, there 
lives a people weigiied down with misery and poverty, eking out a 
bare subsistence for themselves, and groaning under the weight of 
burdens laid upon them by rapacious landlords, burdens made heavier 
by the brutal tyranny of black-hearted land agents, vested with the au- 
thority of the absent owner ; a set of men dead to all sense of honor, 
whose finer feelings have been so petrified within them, that the blush 
of shame for tiie outrages they commit in the name of law, never rises 
to their cheeks. Oh, my countrymen, I pray for you ; I weep for 
you ; my heart bleeds for you : I have lifted my voice and arm in 
your defence, and have met with the taunts and jeers of those who 
are nearest and dearest to me, and yet, what substantial good have I 
done you ? Oh, God ! how long must this last ? how long must thy 
people suffer ? I hope and pray, but no light brightens the future ; 
the day of deliverance seems as far away as ever, {sits in cliair near 
table, covering his face with his hands and sighing deeply.) 

Alphon. {comes out from behind chair. Aside). Ha ! ha ! I'll 
change these sighs to sobs, ere long, {goes toward door c., looking hack 
at Duke, and shaking Ms fist at him ; encounters Teddy O'Neil, com- 
ing in ; they run against each other. To Teddy, fiercely) Whither are 
you running ? (goes off.) 

Teddy, {standing in door and looking after him). Sure, now, if I 
was runnin' to the divil, I'd turn around and follow ye. {turns toicard 
audience) Bad scram to liini I whtit does he take me for ? Does he 
think I'm one of his English spalpeens, "vv id me *"ouse free "and 
" 'alf i)Ound a year," that I must, go down on me two marrow bones 
and beg his lordship's pardon ? Ocli ! the vagabond, if ever I 
catch him at a Tralec fair, wont I crack his skull, now, wont I ? 
{comes down and sees Duke) What's the matter wid the "Duke," I 
wonder? He looks as if he was slapin' ; sure he must have rlsted 
bad the night {see^ wine on table) Ymih, y^hai h^Ye we here? Ah, 
Teddy, me bo5^ wud you take a drink ? Arrah, wud a duck 
swim? Then here's to your h'alth ! {poi/rs out a glass of wine and 
drinks it) On me souckings, but that's foine ! 

Duke {rouses up and sees Teddy). What are you doing there, 
Teddy ? 

Teddy. Misther Duke, I'm just afther pourin' ye out a drapof the 
foinest stuff in the world. I fought ye looked fatigued, like, {hands 
glass to Duke, who drinks.) 

Duke. Thanks, Teddy ; won't you take a drink yourself ? 

Teddy. Och! thin, it's mesiif tiial's greatly obleeged to ye, and 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 9 

though it's not often I drink (nsith) [junthing ns good a.5 that], I 
don't moind takin' a small sup this mornin'. {fills glass and raises it) 
Here's till yer health, JVlisther Duke, and ma}^ you nivcr drink any- 
thin' worse nor that, {drinks.) 

Enter Squire, and ALrnoNSUS, c. 

Begorra, that makes a fellow feel as foine as a spring hare whin the 
hounds are a hundred miles away. 

Squire {to Duke). So, you have arrived, sir ? 

Duke. AVhy, yes, father. Good morning. But you speak strange- 
ly. 

Squire. Why should I not speak strangely ? I feel badly. 

DuivE. "Feel badly ? " what is the matter, father dear ? 

Squire. "The matter ? " is it not enough that you should disgrace 
your family, and injure your father, without adding insult to it ? 

Duke. Father, I cannot understand you. 

Alphon. It's difficult to make people understand what they do not 
wish to. 

Duke {sarcastically). Indeed 1 has that been your personal experi- 
ence, Mr. Bfclhaven? 

Squire. We'll not spare words at trying to make you understand. 
We'll tell it all lo you again, for fear you've forgotten some of it, and 
then we'll take it for granted, that you have brains enough to enable 
you to understand. Is it true, sir, that you are the president of a 
revolutionary body called " The Irish Preservation Society ? " 

Duke. Father, it is true that I am connected with such a society, 
but it is not true that it is a revolutionary body. It's object is to stay 
the tide of migration, and keep our people at home ; which end we 
hope to attain by looking after their interests, and by helping them 
to mec t the^'?is^ demands ^???2/ f>f their landlords, and 

Ai.PHON. It's a base falsehood. My friend and assistant, Eichard 
Harvey, has reported to me that it was founded in the interest of Fe- 
nianism. 

Duke. My father and myself are carrying on this controversy, 
and we want no assistance from you, and if you dare to repeat those 
words I'll 

Squire. Stay, boy— I'll not see my agent abused any more by you ; 
no later than this very morning, backed by a crowd of roughs, you 
publicly cowhided him, and out of respect for me, he tamely submit- 
ted to the outrage and refused to strike you, evc-n in self -defence. 

Duke. Ah! that's his story, is it ? Listen to mine. Passing 
through the village this morning, I noticed a commotion around the 
cabin of poor old Widow McCarthy. Knowing her to bo dangerous- 
ly ill, I hastened to see what was the matter. Judge of my surprise, 
my indignation, to find there your wortliy agent in the act of drag- 
ging that poor feeble old woman from her pallet of straw, to die up- 
on the roadside, and that cowardly cur, not heeding her protest that 
she was unable to move, struck her across the face, "to help her 
along," as he said. Indignant at the idea of F.uch an abuse of author- 
ity, ?n the heat of the moment I str\ick him with my riding-whip 
across the head, and he rushed out into the highway; and I neither 
know nor care what the crowd did with him after that. 

Teddy. Fakes, me honey, ye did well, and if ye'd needed any help 

ye'd have had it ; so ye wud. . , i • j 

Duke. And now he plays upon your feelings by saymg he desisted 



10 MORE SINXED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

from returning the blow for your sake. Permit me to say, that the 
man wbo is base enough to lift his liand against an a?ed, feeble wo- 
man, is too much of a coward to face one of his own sex. 

Squire. Stop, sir, — I haven't finished with you yet. Where did 
you get th ; money with which you paid the woman's rent ? 

Dgke, Out of my private allowance, sir. 

Squire. So, you take my money out of one pocket and put it into 
the other. 

Duke. Father, do you mean to insinuate that I'm a pauper ? 

Squire. Just as you please. But we'll see about that by and by. 
Answer me this, sir, have you so far forgotten j^our dignity, your 
honor and your family, as to engage yourself in marriage to Mary, 
the daughter of Patrick O'Connor." 

DuKK. I neither forgot my dignify, my honor nor my family ; 
nevertheless I am engaged to her. 

Squire. What ! to that low-bred farmer's daughter, a member of a 
family without position, title, or w^ealth ? 

Duke. Father, you forget that the O'Connors are the legitimate 
titled family of Ireland ; they ruled the land when your countrymen 
invaded it, and stole it, with its riches, from them. Six hundred years 
of oppression and repression have done their work among this peo- 
ple, and have robbed them of all their worldly wealth and honors, 
but they have failed to rob them of their faith ; they have not extin- 
guished the fiery valor of Ireland's sons or once purchased the dis- 
honor of her daughters. 

Teddy, Och! an' it's mesilf that'll swear to that. 

Duke. In the face of this devotion to faith, this patriotic valor, 
this love of home and kindred, this virtuous rectitude, I am proud to 
lift my head and say that I am the betrothed of one of Ireland's 
daughters, the fairest lily in all Killarney. 

Squire. Enough, sir. I disown you and yours forever, 

Duke. Father 1 

Squire. I have spoken. 

Duke. Then I accept it with becoming respect. Farewell, father ; 
farewell, my home and the scenes familiar to me from early child- 
hood; farewell, my country ; may Heaven bless and protect you. 
Come, Teddy, let us cross the ocean and seek our fortunes in the 
western world, the home of liberty. 

Enter Major, c. ; stands in doorway. 

But first I must see Major Lookout, and ask him to protect Mary 
O'Connor during my absence, as I protected him last night. I be- 
lieve he is an honest fellow. 

M\J. {com.es forward). Egad! that he is. Give us your hand, 
my boy. (shake) And while it is clasped in mine, I promise you that 
the blasted fellow who touches your sweetheart has to play a better 
card than my five fingers, be Jove. 

Duke. Thanks, thanks! Farewell again, father, for such I may 
still call you. I regret to leave you in your old age, in the hands of 
a designing villain. 

Alphon. That w^hole story is one base fabrication. It's false from 
end 10 end. 

Duke. Is it ? 

Alphon. Yes, it's a lie ! 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 11 

Duke. Then I throw back the lie into the teeth of the liar, {slaps 
him in the face icith his driving gloves.) 

Teddy. True for you, my honey, God bless you. 

Tableau. 



Squire. 
Alphonsus. Duke. 


IVIajor. 

Teddy. 


CURTAIN. 




END OP PROLOGUE. 





ACT I. 

SCENE I. — Killarney Heights, by moonlight, showing front of Hilton 
Mansion r. 2 and 3 k. Stone wall running across rear of stage ; 
gate in centre. Music, '' Harvey Duff." Dick 11a.-ry¥.y discovered 
trying to open gate from outside, Alphonsus co7nes out from house 
and admits Harvey. 

Alphon. Ah! my worthy friend, you're in good time ; have you 
got the men all ready ? 

Dick. Yes, j'our worship, I have. As soon as I whistle, they'll 
come up ; they're just enjoying a smoke down by the river ; and a 
bad set of blackguards they are, 

Alphon. On that subject, we'll not pass many remarks; it sounds 
a little like "the pot calling the kettle black." I haven't yet told 
you of my plans, so I'll now give you all the particulars, to avoid any 
misunderstanding between us. You remember about five years ago, 
I worked the old Squire up and got him to disown his son ? Well, 
the scape-grace in company with his servant, Teddy O'Neil, cleared 
off to America, I believe, much to my gratification 

Dick. And mine too. 

Alphon. My object in getting him out of the way, was to enable 
me to marry Mary O'Connor ; and I would have done it long since, 
had it not been for Major Lookout, who always happened to step in 
vvlien he was not wanted. It makes me swear, at times; I do believe 
he lives around O'Connor's hut, he is there more than he is at the 
barracks. — Well, when the "Duke "was safely out of the way, I 
cajoled the old squire into making a will, giving all he owned to me. 
That document I have here in my breast-pocket. But lately the old 
fool seems lo regard me with avi rsion or distrust, and I fear that if 
the "Duke " should " turn up " here again, I should not only fail to 
get the girl, but the fortune which is within my grasp. Now, what 
I propose to do, with your valuable assistance, is this. To-night 
we'll drug the old man, carry liim down to the coast, and there 
among the rocky cliffs, await the coming of the French cutter, by 
which I will ship him to Normandy, and there place him in a luna- 
tic asylum. If he should get too unruly on the passage, we'll drop 
him. 



12 MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

Dick. Yes, yes, I understand. But what's to be my share of the 
profits ? 

Alphon. One quarter. 

Dick. 'Twont do. If your neck is worth three quarters, mine is 
worth as much. 

Alphon. If you don't care to do it for that, you needn't do it at 
all. 

Dick, All right, boss ; then I'll go and blow 

Alphon. Look here ! {draws dagger) Any more of that kind of 
talk, and I'll put this dagger into your heart. 

Dick {draicing revolver). Any more of that and I'll put a bullet 
from this through you. 

Alphon. (puts up dagger). Ha! ha! my dear fellow, I was only 
joking. 

Dick. So was I, boss, {puts up revoher.) 

Alphon. We'll make a square divy ; you shall have half. 

Dick. Thaf s all right, boss, that's all right. 

Alphon. Then let us get to work. I'll go into the house and fix 
the old fellow ; you call the men and follow me. {goes into house.) 

Dick. When this job is finished, I reckon there will be more than 
a half in it for me. {goes to gate, ami whistles.) 

Enter Capt. De Balzac, Andy, Tom, and Joe. 

Stay here, boys, and we'll bring the merchandise out to you. (Dick 
goes into house.) 

Capt. Zis vare fine place, Ande. Splendid e view ze lake. 

Andy. O, yes; this is the celebrated "Heights of Killarney." 

Joe. I say, Cap'n, is there much gold in this racket ? 

Capt. My boy, zere be vone hundred florin down; zere be vone 
two hundred florin ven ze job be fineeshed. 

Tom. That's a square count for three hundred. Captain, and a 
good drunk, I suppose. 

Capt. Yez, yez, ze good drunk, ze choice viskey, ze superfine 
vine— ha, ha,— ze good drunk — ze lots o' fun, ha, ha, ha! (Alphon- 
sus aTid Dick come from house, carrying between them the Squire, ')Dho 
appears unconscious, but groans, and mutters, "My poor boy, my poor 
boy — Duke, Duke." Soft music.) 

Alphon. Quickly now, my lads, and in good style, everything de- 
pends on you. {7nen take the SquinE and gooff, out gate c, Alphon- 
sus locks gate after them, and turns to audience) Aha! now indeed the 
Hilton mansion, with all its wealth and beauty, is mine, and Mary 
O'Connor soon shall be its mistress. My plans liave succeeded be- 
yond my most sanguine expectations. If I only had " Duke " Hilton 
lying dead at my feet, my revenge would be complete, {draws dag. 
ger) I would drive this again and again into his lifeless body, and 
from the bottom of my heart exclaim with the hunchbacked Richard, 
"and if there be yet one drop of life remaining, down, down to hell, 
and say I sent thee thither." 

Picture. 

Scene changes, by running out flat behind Tormentor wings, or \st 
grooves, to 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 13 

SCENE II. — A country road. Music, "Billy O'Bourkc's me Boucliel." 

Enter Teddy, l. 

Teddy. Well, now, who the divil wud think it ? Here you are 
again, Teddy O'Neil, afther a five years sojourn in that counthry of 
wonders, Ameriky, standiu' on yerown blest-id fate, on yer own swate 
dew-drop of the oceau. Sure an' ye'rc in another wurruld altogither ; 
ye've lift behind ye all the haythius an' black meu, idl the Turks an' 
Germans, Italians an' Dutchmen, all the Arabs an' Chineymen, an' 
I don't know what, tUim that's away out in the western part of tliat 
western wurruld, they calls it Californy. Och, but that's the place 
where j'c'U see life in all its smartness an' all its laziness, an' all its 
conundrums; 'pon me word they've the greatest monsthrosilies alive 
in that country. Sure "liarnum's Greatest Show on Earth" is noth- 
ing to it, but it takes a pile of ganius to understhand it all;— they 
have the ''noble red man, "an' the "Injun, "an' the "redskin" an' the 
ab-or-ridge-i-iiran-ese; now who the divil could tell the difference be- 
tune thim ? I'm mighty sure I cudn't. Why, one o' thim wud shoot 
yer as quick an' as asy as another, an' hnve the hair off yer head in a 
jiffy. They'd stale yer pony from undher yer, an' och, the omad- 
liauns, if wan of thim iver got a snulf of yer whiskey bottle, ye 
might die wid hunger an' thirst, for to save yer life y«;'d nivergetthe 
first drap of it, not so much as wud cover the head of a pin. Och ! 
the nuidhfiin' spalpeens, bad 'cess to thim, Butlhis won't do, Teddy, 
rac boy; the Duke'U be here shortly, an' ye promised to go home an' 
dress yerself in yer own ould suit an' be back heie to say " Oad 
Mille Failtho " to him whin he comes. Tliese lah-de-dah, New York, 
Wall strate. Jay Goold, Vandherbilt, Jacob Asthor styles don't 
look well on the ould turf. Here goes for a run, thin, (starts a song 
ami exit ii. ) 

Enter Alphonsus, r. 

Alphon, {looking off after TjkddyY Who the mischief is that fellow, 
running off at such a rate ? His face strikes me as one that I've seen 
before, aiid I'd give something to know who he is. He is Irish, be- 
yond a doubt, but his clothes are of tlie American style. AVlio can 
it be ? Let me see. {muse-i) Surely it cannot be Teddy O'Neil. No, 
it is not him ; he would not come without the " Duke," and I think 
it; will be a long time before that lively youth again shows his face in 
Killarney. 

Enter Dick, l. 

Dick. Have you heard the news ? 

Alphon. What news ? 

Dick. Not very cheerful news for yon. " Duke " Hilton arrived 
home a few hours ago, and is now standing in the doorway of Pat- 
rick O'Connor's hut. 

Alphon. Curse him ! why did he come just at this time ? Did 
you find out where he is going ? 

Dick. Only that he will pass here in a few minutes, on his way to 
see (as he thinks) his father, whom he is not likely to see. 

Alphon. {meditating). Good ! I have it ! Di(;k, take this ; {7ia?ids 
Jiiin a sealed packet) it is his father's will. Go down to O'Connor's, 
watch your chance, and slip it in among his luggage, in some of his 
clothing, if possible. I'll go at once to the mansion, calling, on my 



14 MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

way, for Major Lookout, and trust me for catchiiig him in the nicest 
litlie trap he ever got into in all his life. He i-hall be arrested ; and 
his father's will, in my favor, found in his possession, will settle the 
guilt of his father's murder upon him, beyond all doubt, and my 
purpose will be fully served. 

Dick. All right. I'll look out that our mutual interests are well 
protected. You can depend on me for executing this little job. I'm 
off at once. [J^^-if, i^- 

Ai-PHON. Yes, you are off, and my next little game will be to 
get you put where you will stay off, as you are already a nuisance, 
and may become a very troublesome one. [Exit, ii. 

Musk, " Do they tJiink ofiiie at Iwme? " Enter Duke, l. 

Duke. Ah, there it stands, the home of my childhood, on the top of 
yonder hill, looking in the beautiful moonlight, like a crown upon the 
head of some potent autocrat. What happy visions of the past the 
sight brings back to me. I almost feel again the last embrace and 
kiss of my sainted mother. And my father— I wonder how he'll 
receive me. Will it be with open arms, or will he spurn me ? Per- 
haps I shouldn't go to see him until he had first sent for me— buti 
will. It shall never be said that, after years of absence, I stood within 
the shadow of my own home, and refused to go and pay my respects 
to my father. No, never. But I must hurry on if I would reach 
there before bedtime. 

Enter Teddy, r. 

Hallo, Teddy, my lad, you're just in time. I was getting tired with 
waiting. 

Teddy. Thin why didn't ye sit down and rist yerself ? 

Duke. Look here, Teddy, I'm going up to the old mansion, and I 
want you to go down to O'Connor's and await my return. [Exit, r. 

Teudy. Yis, me boy, I'll go down to O'Connor's and wait for ye 
until doomsday if ye wish. Sure, ye're4he best-hearted lad that iver 
stepped in two shoes. Ye made yer fortin in America, but ye didn't 
kape it all to yerself ; no ye didn't, me boy. Sure it's Teddy O'Neil 
that's beholden to ye for the lashius o' money that I brought back to 
the ould sod. Faith, I'd be able to buy out the whole O'Neil family 
althegither. [Exit, l. 

SCENE III. — Same as Scene I. Tlie Squire's liat lying near the 
fence, l. c. Alphonsus «n^ Major, l., discovered inspecting tJie 
place. Music. Lights down. 

Maj. Dem strange 1 dem strange case indeed. Egad ! have ye no 
idea who perpetrated this outrage ? Do none of the servants know 
anything about it ? Be Jove ! there must be a clue to this some- 
where, c h ? 

Alpiion. I know nothing about it. When I came to th''. house 
this evening I discovered that the squire was missing. I immediately 
roused the servants and instituted a search, and we have found no 
trace of him whatever. 

Maj. a slick job, ye know. 

Alphon. Before I called you, my friend and assistant, Richard 
Harvey, informed me that he accidentally came upon two strangers by 
the road-side, and overheard them talking about it. Their intention 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING, 15 

seemed to be, to come here to-night, but wliether for purposes of rob- 
bery or not, he could not gatlier'l'rom their remarks. 

Maj, Dem it, that looks suspicious. 

Alphon. I immediately started back here, calling on my way for 
you. But I expected you to bring some of your men with you. 

Maj. The devil ye did! You're always expecting me to do some- 
thing. 

Alphon. AVhich you never do 

Maj. Except when I'm not wanted to. 

Alphon. Suppose those fellows come here, what's to be done? 

Maj. Ah! no hypothetical cases. When those blasted fellows 
come, we'll attend to them, ye know. 

Alphon. (jjic/is iip hat). What's this ? 

Maj. Egad, it's a hat. 

Alphon. But it's the Squire's. 

Maj. Haven't the least doubt of it it, ye know — saw it there a half 
hour since. 

Alphon. But here's blood on the ground. 

Maj. Yes; I was looking at that some time ago; ye'd better gather 
it up in a saucer. It's good for the liver complaint, ye know. 

Alphon. This joking of yours has gone far enough; I'll not stand 
it any longer. Remember, sir, that if the guilty parties are allowed to 
escape, I shall consider you responsible lor it. 

Maj. Now, ye don't say so. 

Alphon. Sir, that is an insult. 

Maj. Now, ye don't say so. 

Alphon. I'll not stand it any longer. 

Maj. Well, if ye won't stand it, let it fall, ye know. 

Alphon. Sir, I demand satisfaction. 

Maj. Dem it — take it. 

Alphon. I'll have you dismissed from the army. 

Maj. Ye gods and little fishes! 

Alphon. I'll forward my complaint before I close my eyes this 
night. 

Maj. Ye daren't do it. If ye do, ye know, I'll tear your blasted 
character into such shreds, that 'twould never be patched together 
again in this world, jc know. 

Alphon. Help me to find the Squire, immediately. 

Maj. That sounds well; intimidation, be Jove, t say, if ye want 
the Squire, go and find him. (aside) He knows more about the Squire's 
whereabouts than anybody else. I'll wager, 

Alphon. (aside). It's impossible to do anything with this man. I 
think I'll try his little game on himself, and see how it will work. 
(to Major) Major, you talk like a heavy-weight fighter. 

Maj. Do I, now ? That's blasted strange, ye know. 

Alphon. Yes, you do. What did you weigh last, if it's a fair 
question? 

Maj. O, perfectly fair— a donkey. , 

Alphon. A donkey ! what do you mean? 

Maj, Yes; don't you remember, I weighed you not long since, in 
the village store. 

Alphon. Major Lookout ! what do you take me to be? 

Maj. Well, ye know, the first lime I saw ye, I took you to be an 
Irish land agent; the second time I to. k you to be a fool ; when I 
saw a boy slap your face I took you to be a coward; and now I take 
you to be a dem'd scoundrel, be Jove. 



16 MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

Alphon. Repeat those words and I'll take the last drop of your 
heart's blood. 

Ma J. Now, the devil you will. I'm dem'd if I don't feel scared; 
but I stick to it, be Jove. 

Alphon. Sir ! {fooUteps heard) Hold, what sound is that ? 

Ma J. Footsteps, be Jove, i^liey hide behind trees.) 

Enter Duke, at hack ; tries gate. 

Duke. Hello! the gate locked ? That isn't as it was in days gone 
by, when hospitality was the host that presided here. I wonder if 
that Belhaven hasn't turned the old place into a fortress, armed with 
Gatling guns, for the protection of his cowardly person. If father 
lias any heart or eyes left, I imagine his reign wiil be of short dura- 
tion, now. But I must get in some way, and over the wall seems 
the quickest w^ay. (jumps wall, looks at house and listens) All seems 
dark. Can they already have sought their peaceful slumbers? Dear 
old mansion! what joyous recollection^^, what tender scenes come 
crowding on my mind ; yet chastened with the bitterness of exile and 
the deep injustice of my father's treatment, {moves toioard Iwuse. Al- 
phon. and Major rush oat and seize him; he struggles, they bring him 
doicn on his knees) What means this? who are you? 

Alphon. You'll find that out soon enough at the bar of justice. 

Duke. Belhaven ! 'Tis his accursed voice I hear again. 

Maj. Just come along "with me. I arrest you in the name of the 
Queen 

Tableau. 

Alphonsus, Duke. Major. 

CURTAIN. 



ACT II. 

SCENE. — The interior of convicfs cell in the Hound Toicer. Trap- 
dooi" in middle of cell ; grated door at back, c. Duke discovered 
stretched on bench, hand-cuffed. Music. 

DuiiE {rising to sitting posture). Strange, strange, that on the eve of 
my arrival, almost at the threshold of my home, I should be arrested, 
put in irons, and thrown into prison — an innocent man. From the 
little that I can g ither from my jailer, my father is missing, supposed 
to have bee n murdered ; and I — /, who would have given my life 
for him — am accused of his murder. Oh, G'>d ! to think of it, my 
brain reels, and reason seems to desert me. 1 am powerless to solve 
this mystery, or to vindicate myself. Oh, if I were only free, tliat I 
might find my father. I cannot think of hini as dead— I cannot, 
cannot. What shall I, what can I do ? {reflecls) I must be calm, and 
patiently abide my time. Can all this be the result of the deep-laid 
plans of a designing villain ? {reflects) Has Belhaven. that su.-dce in 
the grass, caused the abduction or murder of my father, vv^ltli the 



MORE SINJsED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 17 

intent to get his estnte ? Ah, I see it all. I see my poor old father 
dragged senseless from his home by hired villains, the tools of that 
base man, carried from his country, or may be, sinking to the ground 
beneath the assassin's steel ; the next step, to fasten the guilt of his 
taking off on me ; my father's attitude towards me, and my unex- 
pected return, the pretext ; and then gain possession of the manor : — 
I see it all ; the people persecuted and oppressed by that unfeeling 
scoundrel — I hear their cries for mercy, and their muttered threats 
of vengeance—I see (starts to Ms feet) Mary O'Connor — my Mary — 

in the clutches of Great God ! it makes me desperate. My will 

would rend these iron chains as glass, and break throuuh these iron 
bars and hard stone walls as if they were paper — but I am powerless. 
Oh, why did I come back, to bring all this upon myself ? {sinks doipn 
on bench again in attitude of despair) I cannot, for the life of me, tell 
what brought me home. 

Enter Teddy, door, c. 

Teddy. I can ; sure an' it was the sthamer. 

Duke. Ah, Teddy, my friend, God bless you ; it isn't that I mean. 
It's the — the — the matter. 

Teddy. Oh, it's that, thin, ye mane. Well, it was a matther oi tin 
pound, nine an' sixpence, barrin' extras, for each of us. 

Duke. No, no, Teddy ; it's the inducement. 

Teddy. The injucement ? Now, sure, ye know well enough it 
was Mary O'Connor's golden hair, an' sparklin' eyes, an' rosy cheeks, 
an' lips that taste loike honey. Injucement, is it ? Begorra, only 
for her, Teddy O'Neil niver would have got back to the ould sod to 
die. But how long are ye goin' to sthay here, annyway? 

Duke. Until they let me go, I suppose, (rises.) 

Teddy (cautiously). No ye wont, honey, (turns to go) I'll be back 
ag'in shortly, (aside) I guess we'll buy passage tickets for New York, 
an' git out o' the loikes o' this. I'm dyin' to see me little blue-eyed 
Molly ag'in. [Exit. 

Duke. Ah, my kind-hearted, faithful Teddy, type of a whole- 
souled race, whom a liberal, just and fair treatment on the part of 
England would convert from a nation of malcontents into most loyal 
citizens, {tioise at cell door) Ah, more visitors, (sits down.) 

Enter Alphonsus. 

Alphon. Mr. IMarmadukc Hilton, I hope you are enjoying your 
new residence and cheerful prospects. 

Duke. Mr. Brlhaven, (sarcastically) I'm exceedingly obliged for 
your kindness in calling to see me. 

Alphon. Oh, it won't be my last call; I'm so fond of you I shall 
come again. 

Duke. Then it will not be with my permission. 

Alphon. You needn't get angry about it ; ixa I have an official per- 
mit I can come as often as I please. 

Duke. As I liave the use of my limbs I can walk to that door and 
prevent your entrance to my apartment. 

Alphon. You forget, young man, the bracelets that decorate your 
wrists, and render your hands powerless. 

Duke (springing to Lis fed). Do you forget that your hands are 
stained with blood? 



18 MORE SIGNED AGAIKST THAN SINNING. 

Alphon. Nonsense; we won't waste precious moments with idle 
words ; my time is valuable, and my room 

Duke. Would be a great deal more agreeable than your company. 

Alphon. I was going to sa^', was filled, Avhen I left it, with per- 
Fons waiting renewals of their leases. Among them I noticed Patrick 
O'Connor, 

Duke {aside). Merciful Heavens ! 

Alphon. And I called, to inform you that I should give him a 
new lease without charge 

Duke {aside). What has come over him ? 

Alphon. Since his fair daughter has consented to be my wife. 

Duke, That, sir, is a lie — an infamous lie. 

Alphon. Have it as you please ; she'll be my wife or mistress, one 
or the other. 

Duke. Scoundrel ! {seizes Min hy the throat ; they struggle and fall, 
Duke underneath; Alphonsus draws dagger and holds it up.) 

Enter Teddy, c. 

Alphon. Now, fool, for a finishing touch! 

Teddy {strikes dagger from his hand). The divil run away wid ye, 
is that your little game? I'll settle ye. (Alphonsus jumps up and 
Duke rises. Teddy squares off at Alphonsus) Come on, now ye 
murdherin spalpeen, an' get a touch av Limerick. (Alphonsus picks 
up dagger and exit) Och! the blackgyard's gone, au' me itchin' to 
whip a landlord's agint. I cud pay the foine 'asy now ; it's not lil^e 
the ould times wid me whin I'd have to lay it out in this musty hole. 

Duke. Yes, Teddy, you have lot of money now, but 'twould be a 
poor use of it to spend it on such as him ; you'd better buy a tract of 
land, and then go and live on the continent ; j'ou'd be as much of an 
aristocrat as any of them; appoint a fellow like Belhaven your agent, 
and be in truth and reality an " abstintee " landlord. But enough of 
this — you have saved my life, my good fellow ; how can I ever thank 
you for the service you have just rendered me? 

Teddy. By jist sittin' down there and listenin'to me. {they sit) Let 
me see thim wristbands of yours, {examines them) Yis. foine, illegant, 
sthrong things they are to be sure, but I think I have a little kay thot 
will fit thim betther nor your hands do. 

Duke. But what do you mean to do? 

Teddy. Niver you mind. You're thankiu' me for savin' yer 
life? 

Duke. Yes, yes. 

Teddy. Look here, Misther Duke, {cautiously) do you see these 
lines on the tlure? They're pretty hard to notice, but I was in here 
wunst for puiichin' a laud agent's head, an' my pryin' eyes deticted 
thim. Well, that's a sacrct interance from the lower tower, down 
by the river. I'm goin' down there, below, an' whin you hear a 
knock beneath that flure, ye want to be reidy to como along wid me, 
an' no delay ; d'ye hear ? A boat'U be in waitin' to take us across 
the river, an' thin we'll make for llie mountains or the say coast. 

Duke. But I won't do that, Teddy ; that's defying the law. 

Teddy. Sure, now, the law has little respict for ye, an' how can 
ye have respict for the law. It's not justice ye'll gel in these coorts, 
so take my advice and luk out for 5^ersilf. 

Duke. No, Teddy, I won't do it. 

Teddy. Now the divil ye won't. Think of yor Mary, swate wild 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 19 

rose of the mountain. Mightn't Belhavcn stale her away, an' she be 
missin', loike yer father, for I believe that Bclhaveu knows all about 
him. 

Duke. Yes — yes — ah, Teddy, you tempt me sorely. 

Teddy. 'Pon me wurrud, I'm not timptin' ye. Think of your 
poor old father that might this blessid minute be prayin' the Lord to 
sind ye to help him — drame on thim things, me darlin', and thin say 
ye'll refuse to take the chance that's offered ye. {both rise.) 

Duke {pacing up and down cell). Myself — will I go for my own 
sake ? — no, dear as freedom is to ever}^ man, I will not act 1 he coward. 
Mary O'Connor— will I go for her sake ? No, not for all my love ; 
I'll smother that for the present. Heaven protected her for the past 
live years, and I'll trust it still, and obey the law. Bui, my father ! 
he is in distress, in danger, he needs me ; shall I go, a fugitive from 
justice, or stay and trust kind Heaven for my vindication ? 'Tis a 
hard struggle ; my pride, my sense of rectitude, tell me to stay. 
Love and filial affection, my father's danger, prompt me to go— yes, 
I will go, even should it be construed again^ me. Go, Teddy, pre- 
pare the w^ay, and may God bless you. 

Teddy. Amin! Fm off thin, me honey. [Exit. 

Duke. What a world of goodness is hidden under that rough ex- 
terior. God bless him! I wish there were more like him in this 
world, 'twould be a better world. No sacrifice which he can make 
for my sake will be wanting, {sits.) 

Enter Alphonsus, c. 

Alphon. I'm here again, young man. 

Duke. Yes, I'm not blind ; I can see, still, 

Alphon. And I've come to finish up that little affair, {drawn dag- 
ger.) 

Duke {jumping to Ms feet). What ! villain, would you attack me, 
in my defenceless condition, with a dagger ? 

Alphon. Yes, its keen edge will quickly cut the thread which 
binds you to life, and rid me of your hated presence. Quick ! pre- 
pare yourself ! 

Duke. Free my hands, and I fear not you or your weapon. 

Alphon. Had I the power, I would not unloosen tbem. I pro- 
pose to take advantage of an opportunity for which I have long 
waited. 

Duke, Coward! 

Alphon. You'll never repeat that word. 

Duke. Yes, with my dying breath. (Alphonsus ruslws at him. 
Duke seizes his arm,, they struggle.) 

Enter Major, c. 

Ma J. {presenting revolver). Hold ! what means this ? down with 
that dagger, sir. 

Pictwe. 

Alphon. {rising, and putting up dagger). What means this intru- 
sion? 

Maj. {imtting up revolver). What means this cowardly act ? 

Alphon. It means that I would avenge an insult. 

Maj. It's not the first time you've been insulted, but, be Jove, it's 
t-he firbt time I ever knew you to resent it. 



20 MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

ALrHON. Sir ! this is unbearable. 

Maj. If you are so anxious to avenge j^our wounded honor, fight 
■with me, don't attack a helpless man. If you want provocation, I'll 
just slap your mouth for jou, ye know. 

Alphon. You and I will meet again. 

Maj. I'll be blasted sorry if we do, ye know. What authority 
have you for being here. 

Alphon. The passport of the magistrate. 

Maj. Let me see it. As commanding officer of this department 
I demand it. 

Alphon. (handing it). There it is. 

Maj. Yes, be Jove, there it is. (tears it up.) 

Alphon. I shall lay this outrage before the Lord Lieutenant, at 
once. 

Maj. Yes, do, do tell him the whole story, ye know. 

Alphon. You'll see and hear from me again. [Exit, c. 

Duke. Major, I have no words strong enough to thank you. You 
saved my life. 

Maj. Oh, that's all right, ye know. It's my luck always to step in 
just in time to interfere with that fellow's designs. 

Duke. My father. Major, what of him, is there any tidings ? 

Maj. INothiug as yet, my lad. I assisted in the search, but could 
get no trace whatever. 

DuitE. My poor, poor father, and I am powerless to aid in the 
search, to help to solve the mystery. Tell me, Major, for what ami 
held ? as yet I only have an inkling of the charge against me. 

Ma.j. For your father's murder, the warrant says ; it was sworn 
out by Belhaven, ye kno^r. Really, Duke, I didn't know you when 
I seized you last night ; if 1 had known you, I shouldn't have done 
it ; 'pon my word 

DuKE. Murder ! my father's murder ! A fratricide! Great God — 
But what proof have they against me — why am I suspected? 

Maj. Well, you see, the facts that he disowned you, that you re- 
turned home just at the time of his disappearance, excited suspicion, 
and then one Richard Harvey claims to have overheard some conver- 
sation between yourself and some stranger, about the matter ; then 
you were caught examining the premises in the night time, and 
worst of all, your father's will in favor of Belhaven was found in 
your baggage at O'Connor's house 

DuKE. 'Tis false ! I never knew of the existence of such a document. 
It is an infamous conspiracy ! I am innocent, God knows I am in- 
nocent. 

Maj, Egad, I believe you, my boy ; the case has a bad look, but 
I believe you. 

Duke. Thank you. Major, thank you. 

Maj. All that I can do in j'^our favor shall be done. There's no 
knowing when you will be tried. The Coercion Act is in force, and 
the Courts are full, ye know, and your case may not be reached for 
a year. 

Duke. Heavens ! But, Major, what do the people say about 
this? 

Maj. They don't believe that you are guilty, but I have trouble to 
get them to join in the search. They feel little interest in your 
father's fate and say that Belhaven can't be any worse than he has 
been; and then they say that if you did have anything to do with it, 



MOKE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING, 21 

they are not going to help on any investigation wliich will make 
trouble for you, ye know. 

Duke. My poor countrymen ; how they must have suffered ; how 
can I blame them; their liner sensibihties are all blunted by the 
wrong and oppression that has been inflicted on them. 

Maj. Well, good bye, my boy ; you may depend upon my doing 
all that can be done to prove your innocence and bring the guilty to 
justice; aud if at any time you want me, just send word, ye know. 
(turns to go.) 

Duke. One word more, Major. 

Maj. a dozen of them, if you will. 

DuivE. Should anything happen to me, I want you to look after 
Mary O'Connor, aud see that no harm comes to her. Will you do 
this, or is it asking too much of you ? 

Maj. Yes, yes— of course I will. Be Jove, if anything should hap- 
pen to you, I'd marry her myself, if she'd have me, for she's the pret- 
tiest girl I ever laid eyes on. 

Duke. Thank you. Major, thank you. Goodbye, {they shake Jmnds.) 

Maj. Goodbye. [Exit^c. 

Duke, Murder— murder— they can't convict me of that until they 

find the body, and {three taj^s heard on floor under stage) Ah ! 

there's Teddy, {trap door rises and Teddy's ^Jiead and shoulders are 
seen ; Duke starts to go down. 

Alphonsus enters c, with cocked revolver in hand, fires at Duke, wTio 
drops out of sight, trap 



Alfhon. I've fixed you at last. [Eodt, c. 

CURTAIN. 

END OP ACT SECOND. 



ACT III. 

SCENE.— rA^ Friar's Glen. Water scene on flM, icith picture of 
French Cutter, lying off on horizon. Rocks, high at both ends, ex- 
tending across stage from e,. u. e. to l. u. e. Rock and wood 
icings. Hanging pot, with remains of fire, r. 3 E, Andy, Tom 
and Joe seated on kegs, around a box, l, c, playing cards. Slow 
music. 

Andy, Look out for the money, Tom ; are there three shillings 
there ? It's my deal. 

Joe. Deal away, my covey. 

Tom. Give me the best hand out, for looking after the stakes, {all 
take cards at conclusion of deal, and commence play.) 

Joe. I say, boys, Belhaven is mad enough about the old man's 
escape. 

Tom, Why shouldn't he bo ? I'm nearly as mad as he is. This 



22 MOKE STXXr.D AGAINST TITAN GTXXING. 

job is keeping us stuck up liere among llie rocks, and the longer we 
are here the greater are the chances of our being nabbed. 

Teddy ^Titers along rocks, l. u. e., and looks down at tJieni. 

AiSTDY. Nonsense ! Nobody could find us up here. I'll bet that 
DO land lubber ever was here until we brought that gray-headed old 
fool here. There's only one way of getting here, and unless you 
come that way, there's no chance of finding the place. I'll bet a 
five-pound note that no one but those interested in our transactions 
knows of that hidden cave under the shore. (Teddy shakes fist at them 
and exit, l. u. e. Play continues.) 

Joe. Shiver my timbers, if that isn't mine, {draws in tlie cards.) 

Eenter Alphonsus, dragging in Squire, r. 1 e. 

Alphon. Here, my lads ; here he is again. Take good care of 
him this time, and don't give him another chance to escape. 

All. All right, your honor, {they jump to their feet. Tom and Joe 
collar the Squire, who struggles ) 

Squire. Hands off ! I'm an old man, but I'll sell my life dearly. 

Andy. We're not buying at present. 

Alphon. You've missed it this time, Squire ; admit your defeat, 
and make the best of your situation. 

Squire. Villain ! your lying and treachery have brought me 
where I am. May Heaven forgive me for listening to you, and be- 
lieving you, against the word of my own son. 

Alphon. Luckily I am his master, as well as ^'ours. I have dis- 
posed of him. 

Squire. If he were here you would not dare to face him, coward 
and villain that you are. 

Alphon. Never mind, old fellow ; he wont give me much trouble 
for some time to come, {to Tom and others) Boys, take him to the cave 
with the iron door, lock him in securely, and block the entrance. 
(Tom and Joe lead Squire off, l. 3 e.) "When did the cutter arrive V 

Andy. Last night, your honor. 

Alphon. What has she on board ? 

Andy. General cargo ; from Galway for Bordeaux. 

Alphon. When does she sail ? 

Andy. About midnight, I think. 

Alphon. Then I'll be back to see her off. Where is Captain De 
Balzac ? 

Andy. He has been gone about an hour. I expect him back every 
moment. 

Alphon. When he comes, tell him not to transfer our passenger 
until he hears from me. 

Andy. All right, your honor, all right. {^Exit Alphonsus, r. 1 e. 
I'll go and see if the boys are fixing tliTugs as they should. 

[Exit Andy, l. 3 e. 
Enter Major, r. 3 e. 

Maj. Egad, this looks like mischief. I think I've found a clue to 
something. I'll just hang round here awhile and see what I can find 
out. A smuggler's rendezvous ! I wonder how many of the rascals 
there are here. 

Enter Dick, l. 1 e. 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 23 

Dick. One too many for you. 

Maj. Now, you don't say so. 

Dick. How did you get here ? 

Maj. I, I walked, be Jove. 

Dick. Well, what brought you here ? 

Maj. My legs, to be sure. 

Dick. Oh, yes ; but for what purpose ? 

Maj. Oh, just to pay you a visit, and invite you to go back with 
me, ye know. 

Dick. Well, I wont, and I'll just put a steel toothpick into you 
and throw you over these cliffs into the sea. 

Maj. No ye wont, ye devilish scoundrel. 

Dick. I'll lix you lor those words, {pulls out knife and rushes at 
Major, icho seizes him by the wrist, and tioists it until he drops knife 
and comes doicn on Im knees, groaning with jxiin. Major with other 
hand takes handcuffs from his jiocket and slips them on him.) 

Maj. Now, ye villain, I'll fix you, be Jove. It was your false 
evidence that sent the three Duffy boys into penal servitude ; it was 
you that drove others into exile, and you arc connected with this 
thieving, smuggling gang, and now I've got you, and the evidence 
that'll send you toAustralia, ye know. 

Dick {still on knees). Major, Major, have pity ; I meant no harm ; 
have mercy on a brother Englishman, {weeps.) 

Maj. Weep, weep; it is your turn now; your tears may flood 
your recollection and bring up the memory of all the evil you have 
done in the past. Your tears will be a fit offering to the widows and 
orphans whose tears you have made to flow ; they are a slight interest 
for you to pay for the broken hearts, and crushed ambitions, and 
ruined hearthstones of the innocent victims of devilish schemes con- 
trived by others and carried out by you. Cry your eyes out, for rage 
and shame. Such as you disgrace the name of Englishman. 

Dick. Major, Major, have mercy. 

Maj. Shut up, you coward. I'll have no more of your whining. 
Stand up. (Major tohistles.) 

Enter Sergeant, r. 3 e. 

Here, Sergeant, take this fellow to the barracks, and put him in irons. 
Let no one have any intercourse with him. 

Serg. {to Dick). Come, sir. {Exeunt Sergeant and Dick, r. 3 e. 

Maj. That's one pretty good catch ; now I'll just hide among the 
rocks and wait for another, be Jove, {hides behind rocks r, u. e.) 

Enter Andy, Tom and Joe, l. 3 e. 

Joe. Come along, boys, let's finish the game, {all sit.) 
Tom. Let's see, I was thirty ; Joe, twenty ; and you, Andy, were 
ten. {all take cards and commence ])lay .) 
Andy. It didn't take that chap long to nab the old cove, did it ? 
Tom. You just bet your life it didn't. 

Enter l. 1 e , Capt. De \^^.■LZf^c, followed by Teddy disguised as an old 
wioman, and carrying a basket tciih bottles of whiskey and short sticks. 

Capt. Zis waj^ zis way, quick. 



24 MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

Teddy. Och, but yer honor walka so fast it's hard wurruk for an 
ould woman to kape up wid ye. 

Andy. What kind of a craft have you there, Captain ? 

Capt. Ze old Yoman lose ze road ; got some vare fine viskey, ze 
old lady have. 

All. {jumping itp). Hurra ! she's the build for us. 

Teddy. Och, thin, it's the foinest yer honors iver tasted. {sTioics bot- 
tles) Some of me ould man's own make, in his own purty little still 
upon the mountain side. (Major looks out and recognizes Teddy, but 
is not seen by him.) {To Captain) Will yer thry a little sup, yer honor ? 

Capt. Give ze boys a drink. 

Andy. Yes, old catamaran, pass it out. 

Teddy. Is it that ye'd be callin' me, an ould man catcher, ye ugly 
lookin', fiddlebacked gin swiller ? Have ye no manners, at all at all ? 

Joe. Come, my dear old lady, give us a taste of yer honey-dew. 

Teddy. Faix, I want none of yer blarney, yer sickly lookin' spal- 
peen. 

Toil. Come, mother, let us have a smack at one of those bottles. 
{tries to take one from basket.) 

Teddy. Get out wid ye, ye blackguard ; wud ye be robbin* a 
poor ould lady ? {seizes stick to strike Tdm.) 

Capt. Ah, ze funny old voman. Let ze boys have ze viskey, I 
give ze silvair, ze money. 

Teddy. All right, yer honor, for yer purty sake I'll do that same ; 
sure yer as good an angel, an' ye're so good lookin', an' nate loike an* 
clever, that if me ould man was only out of me way I'd be eettin' 
me cap for ye intirely. (Andy, Tom and Joe laugh.) 

Capt. Sacre 1 only leesten to zat. 

Teddy. Well thin, gintlemen, here's to you ; (hands out a bottle) 
some of the foinest in the v/urruld ; sure, it'll not fail to make you 
happy. (Andy takes bottle and all drink from it, in turn, except Cap- 
tain. Teddy offering second bottle to Captain) Plaze, yer honor, 
take a sup ; it's illegant. ^ 

Capt. Ah, I nevair drink ze viskey. I drink ze vine. 

Teddy. I'm sorry I have none for ye, but sure it can't be betther 
nor this ; try a drap, yer honor, it'll do your heart good, an' it'll 
slip down yer throat like ile. (Andy and the others recline against 
rocks, R. u. E., and continue to drink in turn) It's this that puts the 
strength into us poor hard-worked crathers ; it's good an' strong. 

Capt. I hear zat ze Irish viskey vas strong, like ze London gin. 

Teddy. Sure, London gin is poor sthuff beside this, yer honor; all 
that iver I tasted was little betther nor bog wather ; but thin I niver 
was in London, mesilf ; I suppose yer honor's been there of tin. 

Capt. Oui, out, I vas. 

Teddy. It's a wonderful big place I hear. I suppose yer honor 
seen the Queen ; an' the parlymint, bad cess to 'em. 

Capt, Oui, yez, yez. 

Teddy aside). How the divil will I get him out of the way, I 
wonder. 

Capt. Sapriste ! look at ze boys. (Andy and tlie others seem almost 
overcome with sleep.) 

Teddy. Sure, they're havin' a foinetime; they'll soon be dhramin' 
of the gurruls they'll lave behind thim. 

Capt. Ha, ha, ha ! ze funny old voman. 

Teddy {still retaining hold of stick). Was yer honor iver at a Tip- 
perary dance ? 

Capt. No, nevair vas. 



MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 25 

Teddy (aside). No more was I. (fo Captain) Ah, that's what jer 
honor shud see. Och, me, the rows an' the ructions, an' the fun 
goin' on, bates all. Sure, I moind av wan not long sinst, where I 
got into a bit of a scrimmage wid Paddy Murphy's wife, an' she a 
great big six-footer, wid hands an' shouldhers on her like the Galway 
giant, an' the two eyes av her each lookin' different ways for Sunday 
(that's becase she was born in the middle of the week). Well, just as 
we was lavin', she says to me, says she, " Ye sthole my bonnet, Mrs. 
Mulcahey ; " that's me name, Mulcahey, yer honor. ** I didn't, "says I. 
"Sure an' ye did, "says she. " That's not true for you, Mrs. Murphy." 
sa3^s I. "That's a lie for you, Mrs. Midcahey," says she, an wid 
that I pulled out me little sthick, an' I steps up to her, like this, yer 
honor, (suits action to word) an' I luked her in the two eyes, an' I lifted 
me little stick above me head, an' says I, " Take that, you impudent 
hussy." (strikes Captain a blo20 on the liead, lie falls senseless. Dur- 
ing the foregoing recital the Captain" seems 2'>^^e(i^^d and laughs loudly 
occasionally) There, Frinchy, that settles you, an' now I'll fix the 
rest of these divils. (cuts up rope and ties the hands of Andy and the 
others, who appear to he in a drunken sleep ; returning hack to Captain 
ties him hand and foot; while he does this, he hums a song) There, I have 
ye all safe. Now to look for the ould Squire. {Exit, l. 3 E. 

Maj. Be Jove, Teddy, my lad, that was cleverly done. But the 
chief villain hasn't come in yet ; I'll lie and wait for him, ye know. 

Enter Duke, k. 2 e. 

Duke. Ha 1 villains, I've struck your trail at last ! (sees that all 
are tied and apparently insensible) What ! all prisoners already. Some 
one has been before me ; I don't remember having seen any of these 
faces before ; but the villainy is traced here, and here must be the 
clue to my father's whereabouts. 

Enter Alphonsus, k. 1 e, , sees Duke, and draws revolver. 

I'll see to what it will lead, (goes toward l. 1 e.) 

Alphon. Stop ! young man. (covers him with revolver. Duke at 
first sound of his voice draics revoUer, turns quickly and confronts him.) 

Duke. Ah ! evil genius of my life, are you here ? 

Alphon. Yes, and what do you intend to do about it ? (Major 
looks from behind his hiding place, revolver in hand, watching both.) 

Duke. For once I can meet you on even terms, and settle the old 
score. I am not now a manacled prisoner ; you cannot take a cow- 
ardly advantage of me now as you did ia the prison ; no donbt you 
would have mnde the most of your advantage of having j'^our revolver 
in your hand, but I was too quick for jou. Fire now, coward, if you 
dare to. (they aim at ea/ih other. Alphonsus snaps pistol which misses 
fire, he drops revolver.) 

T)\:ke. (puts up revolver). I scorn to take any advantage of even a 
reptile like you. Take your life and go ; I will not jeopardize my 
own Ufa by taking yours, (crosses to k. to Alphonsus) but remem- 
ber, villain, that if you ever cross my path again, I'll shoot you down 
with as little scruple as I would a mad dog. Get out of my sight ! 
yru miserable viper, lest I ba yet tempted to take 3 our miserable 
life. (Alphonsus goes to'ward r. 2 e. Duke comes totcard l. 1 e. Al- 
phonsus turns, draws dagger and again sneaks totnard Duke, with dag- 
ger uplifted. Major rises and fires, and Alphonsus staggers to r. u. e. 
and falls. Duke draws revolver, turns quickly, and comprehends the 
situation. ) 



2G MORE SINNED AGAINST THAN SINNING. 

Duke. Major ! again I owe my life to you. God "bless you, my 
friend ; how can I ever thank you enough ? But how came you here ? 
{tJiey come doicn stage. ) 

Ma J. Be Jove, like yourself I came to see what I could find, and 
egad, I think we're found something. 

Enter, l. 1 e., Teddy, having tinmen off Ms disguise, followed hy 

Squire. 

Teddy. Bedad, we're found Ivery thing ; here's the Squire. 

Duke {with emotion). Father ! 

Squire. My son, my dear son ! {they embrace.) 

Teddy (l.). Arrah ! isn't that noice now, isn't that Irish ? Faix, I 
feel like dancin' an Irish jig. Fol-de-rol-de-riddle. {dances a few 
steps, his dancing rouses the Captain, who raises himself on his elbow 
and sir uggles to get free. ) 

Capt. Vara am I ? vare is de old voman, ze old voman vat struck 
me ? ze wretch ; let me go, I say. 

Teddy. Bedad I'm the man, an' if yes don't kape still ye'll get a 
lick of this again, {shows stick.) 

Capt. {calling). Andc ! vare am ze hoys ? 

Teddy. They're lyin' there, nice an' quiet, dhramin' of the gurruls 
they left behind thim. 

Capt. Zen, ze vas not an old voman, ze vas an impostor. 

Teddy. Yis, an Irish one. (Andy and the others show signs of life, 
and cry out to be released.) 

Andy. Let me up ! let me go ! 

Maj. O yes, yes, I'll let you all go ; I'll let you go to the barracks 
with me, as prisoners, ye know. Get up. {all rise and stand, Major 
r., revolver in hand, prisoners i..) 

Squire. My dear boy, my dear boy, to you and your brave com- 
panions I owe my life ; you have frustrated the plans of that black- 
hearted villain, Belhaven, and thank God it is yet in my power to in 
some degree repair the wrong I have done you. You were my only 
son and heir, an( 1 1 sinned against you deeply ; come back to my heart 
and home and take sole management of my estates. 

Duke. You wronged yourself more than me, father ; I was hasty 
and iiipetuous ; I, too, was wrong 

Squire. No ! no ! you were more sinned against than sinning. 
My eyes have been opened to the injustice of my treatment, not only 
of you but of my tenants, and the rest of my life shall be devoted to 
repairing those wrongs. You shall manage everything, and your 
humane and generous treatment of my tenantry will make them 
love you, and, I trust, forgive your father. 

Duke. My dear la. her, the past shall be retrieved. Would that 
all who hold my couiury in thrall might, like you, come to s^ee ai-.d 
acknowledge her wrongs, and accord her the rights for Avhicli she has 
so long waited. Then she could assume her proper position and sit 
a queen among the other nations, with just pride ; and of her, too, it 
might be truly said, " She was more sinned against than sinning." 
{Music, " Savourneen DeelisJi." Picture.) 



Major. 




Andy. 
Tom. 


Squire. 


Duke, 

CURTAIN. 


Captain. Joe. 
Teddy. 



33E ^V\^ITT'S 

ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMA. 



*' Let those langh now who never laughed before, 
And those who always laughed now laugh the more." 

Slothing so thorough and complete in the way of Ethiopian and Comic Dramas 
ffss' e\er be«i printed as those that appear in the following list. Not only are thv.j 
fcplo^s excellent, the characters droll, the incidents funnj, the language humorous.! 
!bat a'Ahe situations, by-play, positions, pantomimic business, scenery, and tricks 
arc se j/Iamly set down and clearly explained, that the merest novice could put 
any of tuem on the stage. Included in this catalogue are all the most laughable 
and effective pieces of their class ever produced. 

:^** In ordering, please copy the figures at the commencement of each play, 
which indicate the number of the piece in " De Witt's Ethiopian and Comzg 
Drama." 

I^" Any of the following plays sent, postage free, on receipt of pric— 
15 Cents Each. Address, 

^ .: ' . DE WITT, 

J\R). 33 Rose Street, J\rew York, 



"P. female. 



The figures In the columns indicate the number of characters — M. mafov 



No, 
73. 

lor. 

43. 



42. 



10. 
11. 

40. 

78. 
89. 

24, 

108. 
35. 

41. 

12. 
53. 

as. 

110. 

111. 

50. 

«4 



M. F. 

African Box, burlesque, 2 scene 5 
Africanus Bluebeard, musical 

Ethiopian burlesque G 2 

Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scene 7 1 
Barney's Courtship, musical 

inter. ^ude, 1 act 1 1 

Bad Whiskey, sketch, 1 scene. 2 1 
Black Caap from Whitechapel, 

negro piece 4 

Black Cnemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 
Black-ey'd William, sketch, 2 

scenes 4 1 

Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene . . 4 
Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 
Bogus Talking Machines (The) 

farce, 1 scene 4 

Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 

scene 2 

Charge of the Hash Brigade, 

Irish musical sketch 2 2 

Coal Heaver's Revenge, negro 

sketch, 1 scene 6 

Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes... 8 1 
Diiguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 
Dajuon and Pythias, burlesque, 

2 scenes 5 1 

Darkey's Stratagenv, 1 act — 3 1 
De Black Magician, Ethiopi.an 

comicality, 1 scene 4 2 

Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopiari 

extravaganza, 1 act 6 1 

Draft (The), sketch, 1 act. ... 6 
Dutchman's Ghost, 1 scene... 4 1 



106. 



Dutch Justice, sketch, 1 scene 11 d 

Editor's Troubles, farce, 1 Kce. 6 

Eh ? What is It ? sketch 4 I 

Elopement (The), farce, 1 scene 4 t 
Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene. 10 1 
Fellow that Looics Like Me, in- 
terlude, 1 scene 2 .« 

Fisherman's Luck, 1 scene 2 f 

First Night (The), Dutch farce, 

1 act 4 «i 

Gambrinus, King of Lager 
Beer, Ethiopian burlesqu' 2 

scenes g j 

German Emigrant (Thej.sketch 

1 scene... g g 

Getting Square on the Call Boy, 

sketch, 1 scene 3 Q 

Ghost (The), sketch, 1 act 2 ft 

Ghost in a Pawnshop, 1 scene. 4 G 

Glycerine Oil, sketch 3 (| 

Going for the Cup, interlude.. 4 Q 
Good Night's Rest, 1 scene. ..30 

Grip.sack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Guide to the Stage, sketch 3 f 

Happy Couple, 1 scene 2 1 

Hard Times, extravaganza, J 

scene 5 1 

Hemmed In, sketch 3 \ 

High Jack, the Heeler, 1 scen«j 6 

Hippotheatron, sketch 9 

In and Out, sketch, 1 scene... 2 d 

Jealous Husband, sketch 2 1 

Julius, the Snoozer, 8 scenes , 7 % 



DB WITT'S ETHIOPIAIT'AHD COMIC DRAMA (Continued). 



Wo. ^. -P- 

Kto. Katrina's Little Game, Dutcli 

act, 1 scene 1 2 

1. Last of the Mohicans, sketch.. 3 1 
36. Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 scene. 6 1 
18. Live Injun, sketch, 4 scenes. . . 4 1 

60. Lost Will, sketch ; 4 C 

87. Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 2 

, 90. Lunatic (The), farce, 1 scene.. 3 

109. Making a Hit, farce, 2 scenes.. 4 

!19. Malicious Trespass, 1 scene.... 3 
96. Midnight Intruder (The), farce, 
1 scene 6 1 
101. Mollie l^Ioriarty, Irish music- 
al sketch, 1 scene 1 1 

8. Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes 4 

44. Musical Servant, sketch, 1 see. 3 
49. Night in a Strange Hotel, 

sketch, 1 scene 2 

22. Obeying Orders, sketch 1 scene 2 1 
27. One Hundredth Night of Ham- 
let, sketch 7 1 

30. One Night in a Barroom, 

sketch 7 

76. One, Two, Three, 1 scene 7 

87. Pete and tl.e I'eddlcr, Negro 

and Irish sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

9. Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene 7 
57. Pompey'a Patients, interlude, 

2 scenes 6 

65. Porter's Troubles, 1 scene 6 1 

06. Port Wine vs. Jealousy, sketch 2 1 

91. Painter's Apprentice (The), 

farce, 1 scene h G 

92. Polar Bear (The), 1 scene .4 1 

14. Recruiting Office, sketch, 1 act. 5 

45. Remittance from Home, 

sketch, 1 scene G 

105. Rehearsal (The), IrisQ farce, 2 

scenes 4 2 

55. Rigging a Purchase, sketch, 1 

scene 3 

81. Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene. 3 

26. Rival Tenants, sketch 4 

, 15. Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 act.. 2 1 

' 59. Sausage Milkers, 2 scenes 5 1 

80. Scenes on the Mississippi, 

2 scenes 6 

21. Scampini, pantomime, 2 scenes 6 3 

84. Serenade(The), sketch,2 scenes 7 

38. Siamese Twins, 2 scenes 5 

74. Sleep Walker, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

46. Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene. 6 1 
69. Squire for a Day, sketch 5 1 

56. Stage-struck Couple, 1 scene.. 2 1 
72L Stranger, burlesque, 1 scene... 1 2 

and 2 children, 

7. Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 5cene 2 '^ 

13. Streets oi New York, 1 scene . 6 

16. Storming the Fort, 1 scene.... 5 

47. Take it. Don't Take It, 1 scene 2 
54. Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene. 8 

100. Throe Chiefs (The), 2 scenes ..60 

102. Three A. M., sketch. 2 scenes. 3 1 
34. Three Strings to One Bow, 

sketch, 1 scene 4 1 

2. Tricks, sketch 5 2 

104. Two Awf uls (The), 1 .scene 5 

5. Two Black Roses, sketch 4 1 

28. Uncle Eph's Dream, 2 scenes.. 3 1 

62. Vinegar Bitters, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

as- W ake L) p, William Henry .... :^ y 



l^o. M. F. 

39. Wanted, a Nurse, 1 scene « 4 

75. Weston the Walkist, Dutch 

sketch, 1 scene 7 1 

91 What Shall I Take ? farce, 1 act 8 1 

L^O, Who Died First ? 1 scene 3 1 

C7. Who's the Actor? farce, 1 

scene 4 

93. Wrong Woman iu the Right 

Place, .sketch, 2 scenes ' .. 2 2 

C5 Young Scamp, sketch, 1 scene. 3 0. 

112. The Coming Man, sketch, 1 act 3 j. 

113. Ambition, farce, 2 scenes ^7 U 

114. One Night in a Medical College, 

uketcii, 1 scene 7 J 

115. Private Boarding, comedy, 1 

isccno... 5 t 

116. Zacharias' Funeral, farce- 1 

scene 5 

117. Motor B'iliows, comedy, 1 scene ^", ; 

118. Helen's Funny Babies, bur- 

Icstiua .6 C 

119. My V/ife's ViBitors, comic 

arami\lfcene 6 1 

120. Body Sfatchera (The), Negro 

sketcl", .^ scenes 3 1 

121. Stocks Up. Stocks Down 1 

Negro fai'i^, 1 scene i 

122. Ticket Takv-^/, Neiiro farce, 1^ 

scene 'l* C 

123. The Inrelli^cx'ce Office, Ethio- 

pian sketcii, \ Bcene f 1 

124. Deaf as a J^ost, Eihiopian 

• sketch. 1 sceue f G 

125. Oh, Hush I ^eg-o Operatic 
Olio, 3 scenes i 1 

. Black Statue, Ni'prro farce, 1 

scene... 4 i 

IST Blinks and Jin kg .Ethiopian 

Bketch, 1 scf ue. . . 3 * 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS (Continued). 



No. 

144. 

M. 
137. 
111. 
119. 
165. 

48. 

33. 
164. 
109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
189. 
163. 
151. 

G3. 



15. 

46. 

^1. 
1^, 
108. 
J88. 
i69. 
130. 

92. 
193. 

140. 

115. 
2. 

r>7. 
yj4. 

112. 
J 85. 
&4. 
117. 

171. 
14. 

173. 
176. 
90. 
170. 



97. 



172, 
94. 
45. 

155. 

178. 

147. 
156. 
82. 
127. 



Lancashire Lass, melodrama, 5 acts.l2 
Larkins' Love Letters, farce, 1 act.. 3 

L'Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 

Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

Life Chase, drama, 5 acts 14 

Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act 3 

Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act. 2 

Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 

Locked In, comedietta, 1 act 2 

Lockedln with a Lady, sketch, lact. 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 

Lodgers an i Dodgers, farce, 1 act. . 4 
Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act. . . 1 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts . 8 
Marriage at Any Price, farce, 1 act. 5 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act. 4 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 

Milky^White, drama, 2 acts 4 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 

Mr. X., larce, 1 act 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act 2 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 i 

Never Reckon Your Chickens, etc., 

farce, 1 act 3 4 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 5 

Nobody's ( hild, drama, S acts 8 3 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts 4 4 

Ko Name, drama, 5 acts 7 5 

Not a Bit Jealous, farce, 1 act .... 3 h 
Not So Bad as We Seem, play, 5 acts. 14 3 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 6 

Not Sucli a Fool as He Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 4 

No'.hing Like Paste, farce, 1 act S 1 

No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts and 

prologue 13 6 

Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act. ... 3 3 
On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 2 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

One too Many for Him, farce, 1 act. 2 3 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 4 

Orange Bio soms, comedietta, 1 act. 3 3 
Orange Girl, drama, in prologue 

and 3 acts 18 4 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics^ comedy farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play. 5 acts. . .24 5 
Out at Sea, drama in prologue and 

4 acts 16 5 

Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts. . ..11 5 
Peace at Any Price, farce, 1 act ... 1 1 

Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

Peggy Green, far e, 1 act 3 10 

Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

in one act 15 24 

Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

A COMPLETE 



No. K. T. 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts 7 2 

138. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesque, 1 

act 10 i 

110. Poppleton's Predicaments, farce, 1 3 i 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Po!?t Boy, drama, 2 acts 5 3 

95. Pretty llorse- Breaker, farce, 1 act.. 3 10 

181 and 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acta.SS 8 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 
196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic op 

eretta, 1 act 1 1 ) 

132, Race for a Dinner, farce, lact 10 

183. Richelieu, play, 5 acts 16 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts. ... 8 
13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 

105. Rosemi Shell, travesty. 1 act, 4 

scenes 6 

158. School, Cumedy, 4 aeis 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, 1 7 

37. Silent Protector, farce, 1 act 3 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act.. 7 
6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act. 2 1 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act.. 1 1 

26, Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 5 

78. ^p<,cial Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 
31. Taming a Tiger, farce. 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act.. 1 2 
1:<J0. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act. 2 1 
146. There's no Smoke Without Fire, 

comedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83, Thrice Married, personation piece, 

lact 6 1 

42, Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. . 7_ 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 8 acta and 

prologue 7 5 

133, Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act, 4 2 
153. 'T;3 Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 

134, Tompkins the Troubadour, farce, 1 3 
29, Turnmg the Tables, farce, 1 act 5 

168, Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts,, 4 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, farce, 1 act 3 

123, Two Polts, farce, 1 act 4 

198. Twin Sisters (The), comic operetta, 

1 act 3 

162, Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 

106. Up for tlie Cattle Show, farce, 1 act, 6 2 
81. Vandyke Brown, farce, lact 3 3 

124, Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy, 3 acts 7 2 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act, 3 

44. War to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts. .5 4 
105. Which ofthe Two? comedietta, lact 2 10 



1 
2 
3 
2 
3 

4 

1 
1 



98. Who is Who? farce, 1 act 3 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 

5. William Tell with "a Vengeance, 

burlesque 8 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 3 acts and 



prologue, 
/^oman's V< 



161. Woman's Vows and Mason's Oaths, 

4 acts 10 4 

11, Woodcock's Little Game, farce, 2 4 4 
54. Young Collegian (Cantab.), farce, 13 3 

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